“As a rule, indeed, grown-up people are fairly correct on matters of fact; it is in the higher gift of imagination that they are so sadly to seek.”

“Sometimes "pi = 3.14" is (a) infinitely faster than the "correct" answer and (b) the difference between the "correct" and the "wrong" answer is meaningless. And this is why I get upset when somebody dismisses performance issues based on "correctness". The thing is, some specious value of "correctness" is often irrelevant because it doesn't matter. While performance almost always matters. And I absolutely detest the fact that people so often dismiss performance concerns so readily.”

Linus Torvalds (1969) Finnish-American software engineer and hacker

“I am guiding you to seek truth from the facts of the historical conditions of our society and to identify the problems. The correct solutions will come with the correct identification of the problems.”

Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (1928–1979) Fourth President and ninth Prime Minister of Pakistan

“I think it's odd that grown-ups quarrel so easily and so often and about such petty matters. Up to now I always thought bickering was just something children did and that they outgrew it.”

Anne Frank (1929–1945) victim of the Holocaust and author of a diary

“The problem with growing up is that once you're grown up, the people who aren't grown up aren't fun anymore.”

Lev Grossman The Magicians

“The more you observe life in relation to yourself the more you will see the fact that you are hardly ever correct when you think about something in the future. The future exists only in imagination; and that is why, no matter how hard you try to imagine it, you will not be able to predict the future with total certainty.”

Barry Long (1926–2003) Australian spiritual teacher and writer

“The object is to win fairly, by the rules – but to win. ”

Vince Lombardi (1913–1970) American football player, coach, and executive

“It has been frequently assumed that V is constant; and this indeed is the cornerstone of the quantity theory of money. But it seems fairly obvious that the velocity of circulation in fact depends on the short-term rate of interest.”

Michał Kalecki (1899–1970) Polish economist

“To be known so well by someone is an unimaginable gift. But to be imagined so well by someone is even better.”

Ali Smith (1962) Scottish writer

“The people with low level of consciousness look for someone else to affirm their value, but people with higher levels of consciousness, what they seek is someone to point out their defects so they can become better.”

Alejandro Jodorowsky (1929) Filmmaker and comics writer